my three and a half year old does not speak?

hi, my little girl ruby is four in june and does not speak at all, she points and pulls me to what she wants, its really getting me down, she is great with everything else but talking, she is at pre school, and loves it, but its getting hard to communicate when i cant understand what she wants, she has seen a speech therapist, and her hearing is great, so does anyone else have this problem, also, she refuse to drink from a cup, when i give her a cup, she screams at me, she only drinks from a tap or hose, very weird I know, and this has been happening for a year.,,,,someone else must be going thru this.....

My 3 and a half year old son does not talk either. Or maybe I should say rarely. The only thing I can think that stopped his speech was that I had his baby sister. He had a few words, then eventually it all stopped. I had him tested for hearing, autism, just about everything and have had him in speech therapy for eight months without much of any change. Once in a while he will blurt out a sentence, which is not super clear (more like he is trying out the words), but he will not repeat anything. It is SUPER frustrating, but I cannot figure out the situation either. I also get the pulling around and whining or grunting noises. If you have come up with anything, let me know!

I don't have any experience with this but I can say for certain that not talking by almost 3 and 4 is NOT normal and she needs to be evaluated by a professional. Your pediatrician should be able to help you find someone. What did the speech therapist say about it? Also, is there a possibility of some kind of tongue-tie or malformation of the mouth/tongue? That would make it very difficult for her to speak. I would also ask to have her tested for autism. Not to scare you or anything, but autism has a very broad spectrum nowadays.

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